Diversity Advocates

​​​​​​Each DePaul University college has a Diversity Advocate, appointed by the dean to a renewable one-year term, who leads college-wide diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. Diversity Advocates meet quarterly with the Associate Provost for DEI (AP-DEI) to coordinate with broader initiatives within Academic Affairs.

Duties may include: 

Strategy & Programming

• Collaborate with the college DEI committee to implement the college's DEI strategic plan.
  
• Develop and coordinate programming on issues affecting protected classes, in partnership with the DEI committee and the Faculty Council's Committee on Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity (CEID) representative. 
  
• Lead difficult dialogues on diversity-related topics.
  
• Present DEI updates at college-wide meetings alongside the CEID representative. 

• Inform faculty and staff on how to file complaints under the Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy and the Sexual & Relationship Violence Prevention Policy​.
• Ensure faculty and staff are familiar with DePaul's Guiding Principles for Speech and Expression.
  

• Complete Faculty Search and Implicit Bias Training and other AP-DEI-sponsored DEI training. Assist in the college in the search process.
  
• Assist faculty search committees in building recruitment plans that attract diverse applicant pools, and ensure committee members know the Faculty Search Resources.
  
• Confirm all untenured tenure-track faculty have an assigned, trained mentor and have completed mentee training.
• Promote faculty awareness of NCFDD ​research support services.
• Familiarize faculty with the UDL Inclusive Course Design Grant, which incentivizes inclusive teaching practices.
  

• Share and present findings from the AP-DEI's Annual Faculty Diversity Report.​
  
• ​Serve on the selection committee for the Provost's Award for Inclusive Engagement​.​​​​​